Syracuse Ska Forum

Hey, this is Jordan from The LEvar Burtones...

I don't know if it's just me, but i really think that the Syracuse and Rohcester (we're rebuilding) ska bands should set up a show. I would really be psyched for something of the sort. Besides, it's summer now and schedules should be a lot more flexible!

If it is in Rochester I will probably go.

Well thats one person going...

now we actually need a show

I personally would love to play with some Rochester bands in Rochester, and I'd be willing to say The Verbs as a whole would love to as well. If you have an idea of venue, etc. in Rochester where we could play, we should definitely hook up a show and get some interaction between the ska scenes in Rochester and Syracuse. IM me sometime at MarchDramaQueen, and I'll get you James' number.

i think i actually once emailed you guys cuz i try to be in touch the other high school bands when i can but hey feel free to IM me too at crisspppp

Yeah, we wold defintley get all of Syracuse's youth bands aswells as the others. As far as venues go, The Glow used to play shows at this place called The Harmony House. It's this huge open room with a stage & many a good ska show has been played there.

The Steel is always good for local shows.


The Penny Arcade too, but I have never been a fan of that place.

Dude we should get the Expired to play.

I'm tottaly down,

The Expired rule!

p.s. Mike, what's your sn?

fastkrestoorange

I'd be willing to help setup a show and I know Ian and Ryan from Fight For It would, too.

I'd go to it. My band would play if you guys wanted. We're not really famous at all in the Rochester scene but we could play first and get some sort of exposure. Songs recorded from a video camera are on our myspace, which is in my profile.

definitly!

we just gotta actually set this thing up though...

If you seriously want to do this I could get people going on it.

I'd help in anyway I can too. My AIM is 'go2HELL'.

Just for the record, we're not being dicks in Syracuse not booking bands like yours right now. The reality is, our venue situation is very, very unstable (unlike yours), so booking bands that can't draw yet is too dicey at the moment for us. If I have to pay the Westcott $180 just for the rental alone and then sound on top of that, I have to be careful who I book in there, ya know? All of our recent shows there have needed 70+ kids just to break even, and then we're severely hassled if we go over 100 kids, so its like we can't win either way. And Wa-Noa is a problem right now, because its the height of the golf season, which is where all their money comes from.

Hopefully we'll do some more coffeehouse shows where spinning in small out of town bands is more doable. But the punkier the band, the more these places hate the very idea. IVFK and Taj Motel Trio were seriously pushing it with the owner (for the record, he doesn't personally care, but the people in the expensive apartments above him do). We have no equivalent to Harmony House or Steel Hall or even those places in the Monroe County parks.

So, for now, its much, much easier for our bands to come out there than the reverse, sorry ...